Communication Design (including Graphic Design) touches the life of every person. It is central to how we construct and convey meaning. Gain a robust working knowledge of print design, information design, branding, and dynamic media (user experience design).

This course is an exploration of how typographic techniques and principles are used for effective visual communications through professional typesetting, typographic layout, and expressive use of type. Students build skills for creating cohesive typographic systems, information hierarchy, and typographic grids. Prerequisites: working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. For Graphic … Read more

Start Date

09/06

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

End Date

12/13

Faculty

Alisa Aronson

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

Students apply knowledge of foundational design and typographic principles to produce effective visual communications for a targeted audience. The designer’s role and responsibilities including the development of design content and designing for user needs as well as client goals are explored. Prerequisites: Foundations of Graphic Design, and a working knowledge … Read more

Start Date

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays and Saturdays

End Date

10/19

Faculty

Teresita Olson

Time

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Credits

2

Students apply skills for concept development, visual design, and user-centered thinking to design projects of moderate complexity for both print and interactive media. Prerequisites: Graphic Design 1, Intermediate Typography; students should also have completed UX Design (or be taking it at the same time) or have some background in User … Read more

Start Date

09/07

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Damon Jones

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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Students are introduced to visual principles, as the basis of graphic design communication, and elements and issues of visual language. The course covers the manipulation of graphic form to convey meaning, strategies for idea generation and development of unique concepts, and the designer’s role as visual storyteller. Prerequisites: drawing skills, … Read more

Start Date

09/11

Meeting Day

Mondays

End Date

12/11

Faculty

Alisa Aronson

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Credits

3

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Thinking about a career in graphic design? Do you currently “dabble” in graphic design for personal projects? Have you found yourself designing flyers, webpages, brochures or other graphic design work professionally without any design training? This one-day workshop is specifically targeted for those with no graphic design background, to understand what makes a design “work” visually … Read more

Start Date

10/14

Meeting Day

Saturday

End Date

10/14

Faculty

Alisa Aronson

Time

9:30am–3:30pm

Credits

0

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This 7-week course gives students having little to no experience with the Adobe Creative Cloud the key concepts and techniques they need to begin working with the software. Students will gain the core skills required in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to establish a solid foundation for using the software … Read more

Start Date

10/26

Meeting Day

Thursdays

End Date

12/14

Faculty

Jason Fairchild

Time

6:30pm–9:30pm

Credits

0

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